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Ford raises Mustang Mach-E prices in the UK amid rising material and energy costs

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The Ford Mustang Mach-E has received a pretty significant price hike in the UK, with the all-electric crossover now starting at £47,530 ($61,990), about £6,000 ($7,800) higher than its original launch price of £41,330 ($53,900). The vehicle’s price increase is largely due to the rising material and energy costs. 

With its price adjustments, only one variant of the Ford Mustang Mach-E is now under £50,000, the Standard Range RWD. The Mach-E Extended Range RWD is now listed at a price of £52,080, and the Standard Range AWD now costs £54,100. Previously, the Extended Range RWD had a price of £49,980, while the Standard Range AWD had a price of £46,650. The Mach-E Extended Range AWD’s cost has increased to £61,480, up from £57,030. 

The top-tier Mustang Mach-E GT, which initially cost £67,225 in the UK, has now increased to £68,030. 

In a statement to Autocar UK, Ford noted that commodity costs and the prices of raw materials like steel, together with the rising cost of energy, were key contributors to the Mach-E’s steep price hikes. Ford also noted that despite the price adjustments on the all-electric crossover, the Mustang Mach-E is still seeing a lot of demand. In the UK alone, the Mach-E has a seven-to-eight month wait time for customers. 

In the United States, it appears that the Mustang Mach-E is also poised to receive some price increases. As per a leaked updated price list shared on the Mach-E Forum and the Blue Oval Forums, a round of price increases for the all-electric crossover will reportedly be implemented on April 13, 2022. 

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These increases will reportedly include a $2,000 increase for the Mach-E Select RWD and Premium RWD variants, a $3,000 price adjustment for the Select AWD and Premium AWD trims, and a $5,000 MSRP increase for the California Route 1 AWD series. The Mustang Mach-E California Route 1 RWD and the top-of-the-line Mach-E GT will reportedly receive a price increase of $4,000. 

Steep price adjustments for premium EVs are not uncommon. Tesla alone has adjusted its prices multiple times in the past months. Recent reports have even claimed that the company’s first vehicle from Gigafactory Texas, the Model Y Standard Range AWD, would be priced at $59,990, a very steep price for a Tesla with less than 300 miles of range. Despite its price increases, however, Tesla’s electric vehicle lineup still seems to be seeing a lot of demand, as hinted at by the wait times involved for cars like the Model Y Long Range AWD, which is currently listed with an estimated delivery date of October 2022 to January 2023.

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Simon is an experienced automotive reporter with a passion for electric cars and clean energy. Fascinated by the world envisioned by Elon Musk, he hopes to make it to Mars (at least as a tourist) someday. For stories or tips--or even to just say a simple hello--send a message to his email, simon@teslarati.com or his handle on X, @ResidentSponge.

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Tesla’s Supercharger Diner probably just secured more locations

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Tesla’s Supercharger Diner in Los Angeles dominated the company’s global usage rankings after just one year, proving the concept is more than just a one-off novelty location that will fade away.

The performance could incite the company to build more locations, something that CEO Elon Musk has hinted at for some time.

Tesla’s Supercharger Diner delivered 21.2 GWh of energy in its first year of operation, the company’s head of Charging, Max de Zegher, revealed on X. Of the top 10 most utilized Supercharger locations in Tesla’s global infrastructure, the Diner in Los Angeles was the most used by drivers, and it wasn’t particularly close:

On its launch day one year ago, nobody was too sure what the Tesla Diner would be about. It seemed like an interesting concept, and considering it had been in the works for years, it was a highly anticipated launch that many were looking forward to.

Based on its success, we could see additional Diners with Superchargers built throughout the United States, and potentially beyond. Musk has said on several occasions that the company would be willing to bring the Diner idea to more markets.

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Of the markets that Musk has mentioned, both Palo Alto and Austin have come to be perceived as ideal selections. However, there are no concrete plans as of now to build new Supercharger Diners anywhere; the location on Santa Monica Boulevard will remain the exclusive spot to pick up Tesla-inspired eats, at least for the time being.

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Tesla short sellers win big after shares fall after earnings

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Tesla short sellers won big following the company’s massive fall on Wall Street after it reported subpar Earnings on Wednesday.

Tesla short sellers collected about $4.12 billion in single-day profits on Thursday, according to BloombergShares fell as much as 15 percent during Thursday’s session. It closed as one of the worst days for Tesla on Wall Street in the past three years.

Investors sold off the stock after Tesla said it would aggressively direct its spending toward AI and its Optimus robot project. The company had record revenues, which were driven by one of the strongest quarters in terms of vehicle deliveries in company history.

However, it missed EPS estimates by reporting just $0.33, a far cry from the $0.53 analysts expected.

S3 Partners reported that about 3 percent of Tesla’s outstanding stock is sold short. Managing Director at S3, Ihor Dusaniwsky, provided the short seller’s potential profit, as well as another figure: shorts have likely had paper gains of $8.92 billion this year, as Tesla shares are down 30 percent in 2026.

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Tesla has burned short sellers many times in the past, but the company’s latest Earnings Call was a chance for those skeptics to taste some payback. Although the company gave some very transparent information regarding future projects, the rollout of Robotaxi, Optimus, and Semi, many investors took their profits on Thursday.

Notable short sellers like Michael Burry have been transparent about their skepticism around Tesla shares. Burry just revealed three weeks ago that he had opened up a new short on the stock, stating he shorted Tesla shares at $416.22. “Happy it jumped back to this level,” he said in a blog post.

At the time of publication, Tesla shares were down about 3 percent and the stock was trading at $309.92.

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Tesla door handle saga gets its latest chapter and a big change is coming

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Tesla’s long-standing saga regarding its door handles and a manual release has entered its latest chapter, and as a result, a big change is coming.

On Friday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) denied Tesla’s petition that was seeking a defect investigation into roughly 180,000 Model 3 vehicles for an issue involving the emergency mechanical door release.

NHTSA said that Tesla’s petition did not present evidence of a safety-related defect in the door handles or their emergency releases. Instead, the agency determined that it would rather solve the issue of the lack of labeling or location of emergency mechanical door releases and the federal safety rules that govern them.

Essentially, the NHTSA wants to create and enforce rules that would require automakers to make emergency door latch releases more clearly labeled in a car. Despite a Tesla having manual door releases on all four passenger doors, many people do not know they exist or how they work.

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In recent times, Tesla has faced some criticism involving its door handles, specifically because some occupants have reported that they are unable to exit their vehicles after losing power. The door handles on a Tesla are electronically operated, but in the event that the 12V battery dies, there is a manual release that can be used.

The NHTSA only identified a single complaint involving the mechanical door releases: a 2022 Model 3 owner said the release was concealed and unlabeled after the vehicle lost power after a front-end collision. It has also already started to create a separate rulemaking process to make emergency door-egress systems more obvious.

It should be noted that all Teslas have mechanical emergency door releases, but they are placed in various locations as the vehicles have aged and been redesigned from year to year. Refer to the safety manual for your vehicle if you have any confusion about where the emergency releases are and how they work.

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